This unsigned print was published by Johann Schöffer (lived approximately 1468-1531) as part of a collection of illustrations inspired by ancient Roman history. In...
Thomas Godfrey’s Prince of Parthia has a complicated legacy. It is credited as being the first theatrical play written and performed by Americans. Yet,...
Govert Flinck (1615-1660) is attributed with painting this darkly-colored copy of an earlier artwork by Carel Fabritius (1622-1654). Both the original and the copy...
Vonones was a Parthian prince who, although he managed to seize two thrones during his life, was unfortunately always outmaneuvered by his enemies. His...
This illustration was created by Ernest Wallcousins for Donald Alexander Mackenzie’s book, Myths of Babylonia and Assyria (published in 1915). As the title of...
